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Wrapper for using benji backup for Proxmox VE with Ceph based Storage
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Where/how set this up? #2

Open KlugFR opened 4 years ago

KlugFR commented 4 years ago

Hello.

Not really an issue but as I want to try pve-snapbackup, I'm asking before.

What is your current suggestion about setting up the scripts?

One of the node of the Proxmox cluster (but no backup is node is down)? All nodes? Inside a VM hosted on the cluster (with several NICs, at least one for the Ceph network and one for Proxmox admin)? In another way?

I've seen you suggest to run it on the backup server. But in my case the backup server is a FreeNAS server (FreeBSD + ZFS) so I'm not sure it can work this way.

FreshXOpenSource commented 4 years ago

Hi.

It always depends on your setup and what you want to achieve with it. I think all ways you pointed out are possible ;-) If your freenas server is connected to your Ceph Client Network, you maybe could run a Linux VM on bhyve with local ZFS Storage for the vm backups?

Or for testing purposes it would be perfectly ok to install it on ONE of the PVE nodes if it has enough local storage to store the backups. It will also work inside a PVE hosted VM that is able to communicate with the PVE API and with access to the Ceph client network. But in most cases you do not want to expose this network to your virtual machines.

I personally run it on a separate server (Debian Buster) which is communicating with Proxmox via API only. This server is connected to the Ceph client network and is configured as Ceph client with access to the pools my RBD images reside.

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask more questions if something is not clear to you. I am happy to help you getting pve-snapbackup running in your environment!

KlugFR commented 4 years ago

bhyve seems a terrific idea, exactly what I need : I was thinking "jails" not "VM" on the FreeNAS server 8-((

I'll add the needed interfaces (PVE and Ceph VLANs) to the FreeNAS then setup a Buster VM (to be the nearest of running PVE nodes), that will store the backup on the FreeNAS ("local" NFS share) and give it a try.

Thanks a lot.